Category: Appliance

The invention could ensure burnt toast becomes a thing of the past  as a state-of-the-art toaster which uses radiation to help produce the perfect slice of toast has been unveiled.

Rotherham-based company, Domestic Appliance Repairs, has been commended in the kitchen appliances category of the Total Excellence and Quality Awards 2005. This is the second year in a row that the company has won this prestigious award, having won second prize last year.

Administrators from KPMG Corporate Recovery are pleased to announce that they have completed the sale of Norfrost Limited to John G Russell (Transport) Limited. The sale, which secures the jobs of all 94 staff, will see the business continue to operate from their current site at Castletown, near …

Home appliance maker Hisense Group has agreed to buy a 26.43% stake in Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings (000921.SZ) for up to CNY900 million, the state-run China Securities Journal reports unnamed sources as saying. Hisense signed a deal with a “related party” Friday to buy the stake in refrig…

A growing number of Korea’s kitchen furniture builders and home appliance makers are teaming up to help each other, as well as themselves. The display of laundry machines, dryers and gas ovens by one electronics firm in model kitchens built by another furniture maker is becoming a common sight. W…

I find myself in the strange position in this case of having to report the news as well as being a part of the news but I’ll do as best I can to remain as impartial as I can. NW Appliance Repairs Ltd (NWAR) carried out some work on behalf of Bradshaws (later to become a part of the Plyanemca Grou…

The insatiable demand for cheap electrical goods has led rise to a sharp rise in the number of faulty and dangerous products withdrawn from sale.

In the first 6 months of 2005, Turkey exported 64.6 percent of its durable goods output. In January to June 2004, the total durable goods production was 5.52 million and 3.56 million of those goods were exported and 2.40 million of them were sold in the country.

Chinese refrigerator maker Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. said it has fired chairman Gu Chujun, whom securities regulators suspect has overstated the company’s profit since 2002. Kelon’s board voted unanimously to remove Gu at a meeting over the weekend, the company said in a statement o…

The mother of a 5-year-old girl who died in a coin-operated washer sued the machine’s manufacturer, saying it started up with the child inside even though no money had been put into the machine. Rebecca Hope Wagoner was asphyxiated June 17 after the 30-pound girl became trapped inside the triple-…